Line F (Buenos Aires Underground)
{{Short description|Future metro line in Buenos Aires}}
{{Infobox rail line
| name = 50px
Line F
| image = Subtes-2015.svg
| image_width = 275
| caption = Network with line F, H and I complete
| type = Rapid transit
| system = Buenos Aires Underground
| status = In development
| locale =
| start = Constitución
| end = Plaza Italia
| stations = 13
| open = 2022/2023 (planned)
| close =
| owner =
| operator = Metrovías
| character = Underground
| stock =
| linelength = 8.6km
| tracklength =
| gauge = {{RailGauge|sg}}
| speed =
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Line F is a planned addition to the Buenos Aires Underground. In 2019, the government of Buenos Aires was looking for a group to create a plan of the line,{{Cite web |title=BA City opens call for tenders for Subte Line F {{!}} Buenos Aires Times |url=https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/economy/ba-city-opens-call-for-tenders-for-subte-line-f.phtml |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=www.batimes.com.ar}}{{Cite web |date=August 13, 2019 |title=CALL FOR TENDERS: SBASE opens call for tenders for the engineering of future Line F of the Buenos Aires metro |url=https://ecana.cancilleria.gob.ar/en/call-tenders-sbase-opens-call-tenders-engineering-future-line-f-buenos-aires-metro |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230922194511/https://ecana.cancilleria.gob.ar/en/call-tenders-sbase-opens-call-tenders-engineering-future-line-f-buenos-aires-metro |archive-date=September 22, 2023 |access-date=August 28, 2024 |website=Embassy in Canada Argentine Republic}} but this study was cancelled in 2022.{{Cite web |date=2022-05-03 |title=Después de casi tres años y 14 postergaciones, la Ciudad dio de baja la licitación de los estudios de la línea F |url=https://www.enelsubte.com/noticias/despues-de-casi-tres-anos-y-14-postergaciones-la-ciudad-dio-de-baja-la-licitacion-de-los-estudios-de-la-linea-f/ |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=enelSubte |language=es-AR}} The city decided to create a study with their own staff, which is still underway as of 2024. The estimated cost of the project has risen from 800 million dollars,{{Cite web |date=2015-04-27 |title=Piccardo anuncia la construcción de la línea F |url=https://www.enelsubte.com/noticias/piccardo-anuncia-la-construccion-de-la-linea-f/ |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=enelSubte |language=es-AR}} to 2 billion USD.{{Cite web |date=2019-07-15 |title=Línea F del subte: cómo será y cuándo arrancaría la obra |url=https://www.perfil.com/noticias/sociedad/como-sera-linea-f-subte-cuando-preven-arranque-obra.phtml |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=Perfil |language=es}}
Overview
Permission to construct the line was originally granted in 2001, in a sanction which also included lines H (partially completed) and line I (not started).
The line is set to be the most modern in the network, using automatic trains, a communications-based train control system like the one being installed on Line C, and platform screen doors.[http://enelsubte.com/noticias/confirman-proyecto-para-desviar-la-linea-f-a-facultad-de-derecho/ Confirman proyecto para desviar la línea F a Facultad de Derecho] - EnElSubte, 25 November 2014.
The line is also expected to have the highest ridership when compared to the existing lines, at 600,000 riders annually.{{Cite web |last=electricbloomhosting |date=2019-07-16 |title=Buenos Aires offers first tender for $2bn metro line |url=https://www.globalconstructionreview.com/buenos-aires-offers-first-tender-2bn-metro-line/ |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=Global Construction Review |language=en-GB}} In the 2019 tender, eight of the thirteen stations were connected to other lines on the network.
=Line E ghost stations=
In 2006, it was considered whether the two Line E ghost stations (San José vieja and Constitución) could be used as the southern point of Line F, considering they overlapped the line's trajectory. However, it was later decided that Line F would use a completely new tunnel with new stations given the frequency the line is expected to have.[http://enelsubte.com/noticias/realizaran-estudios-constitucion-ubicar-la-cabecera-la-linea-f-1478/ Realizarán estudios en Constitución para ubicar la cabecera de la línea F] - 1 August 2011
Line plan
20px P. Italia - Constitución:
- Plaza Italia {{rint|buenosaires|D}} {{rint|buenosaires|I}}
- Salguero
- Sánchez de Bustamante
- Pueyrredón {{rint|buenosaires|H}}
- Santa Fe {{rint|buenosaires|G}}
- Córdoba {{rint|buenosaires|D}}
- Corrientes {{rint|buenosaires|B}}
- Rivadavia {{rint|buenosaires|A}}
- México
- San Juan {{rint|buenosaires|E}}
- Sáenz Peña
- Constitución {{rint|buenosaires|C}} {{rint|rail|link=General Roca Railway}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110418011833/http://www.sbase.com.ar/en/index.php/new-lines Subterráneos de Buenos Aires (Official Page)] New Lines
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110604214636/http://www.buenosaires.gov.ar/areas/planeamiento_obras/subtes/nuevas_lineas.php?menu_id=21111 Buenos Aires Ciudad (Official Government Page)] Nuevas Líneas: F, G and I (Spanish)
- [http://www.subte.com.ar/mapas/subte.asp System map]
{{Buenos Aires Underground Stations}}
{{Buenos Aires Transit}}